You know, there are only two repatriation programs across the country, despite the harms of the “sixties scoop” and now the multi-generational effects of child welfare. There is no funding provided by the federal government to support first nations, Métis, or Inuit communities in being able to bring back community members who were placed outside of their communities. That's definitely an area for the attention of your committee, and it would be welcomed, I'm sure, by many first nations people who were adopted out, and for their families and communities.
On December 7th, 2010. See this statement in context.